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Unauthorized Taylor Swift AI Clones Face Removal From TikTok

TikTok’s new agreement with <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-3944-d4b6-a98f-fd75ec1f0000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Universal Music Group NV comes with a key provision: the video app has agreed to remove unauthorized music created by artificial intelligence.

By Daniel Zuidijk, Mark Bergen and Sarah Jacob

Drake, Rihanna to Return to TikTok After Universal Feud Ends

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Starlink Still Works in Unauthorized Countries Despite Warnings

Elon Musk’s Starlink service is still operating in multiple unauthorized regions, defying warnings issued by the company last month that its satellite internet will be shut down by May 1 in areas where it doesn’t have a license to operate.

Want to Buy TikTok? Beware of Secondhand Networks: Dave Lee

Successful social media acquisitions require keeping both talent and technology in place. With TikTok, neither is likely to happen. China will most likely block any transfer of TikTok’s celebrated algorithm, and it’s unclear what would happen with the company’s top US-based engineering talent in the event of a sale. The buyer risks getting little more than a brand name.

Huawei Secretly Backs US Research, Awarding Millions in Prizes

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Big Law Firms Shrink Equity Partner Ranks at Their Own Peril

A very simple metric is one of the best predictors of a law firm’s long-term health: the rate of growth in its equity partnership.

California Eyes AI Rules to Limit Training Data, Protect Minors

California policymakers are taking several steps that would limit how artificial intelligence companies use personal data to train their technology.

Microsoft CEO Pledges $2.2 Billion in Latest Asian AI Investment

Microsoft Corp. will invest $2.2 billion to build digital infrastructure in Malaysia, the latest in a series of big-ticket bets on Asia’s rising prominence as a technology market.

Owner of ‘open.ai’ Domain Countersues OpenAI Over Trademarks

OpenAI Inc. was hit with a countersuit Wednesday from a technologist who claims ownership of the trademark “Open AI” and owns the open.ai web domain.

Google’s Payments to Apple Reached $20 Billion in 2022, Cue Says

Alphabet Inc. paid Apple Inc. $20 billion in 2022 for Google to be the default search engine in the Safari browser, according to newly unsealed court documents in the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Google.